DAN RIEHL: “I remain unconvinced McCain can put John McCain aside long enough to seal any potential deal with the Right.”

Plus, advice for John McCain from The Examiner. It’s good advice, but I’d be surprised if he followed it. And Scott Johnson offers doubts about McCain’s audacity.

But Mickey Kaus finds McCain engaged in tactical bullying of reporters. “McCain’s bullying evasion is the second campaign tic–the first is his habit of reflexive, righteous blunderbuss denials**–that he’s apparently been able to get away with over the years. Neither is likely to hold up over a multi-month presidential race.”